Friday, March 9, 2012

Catch Up and Craziness!

I'm quite literally 10,000 words away from finishing my WIP which is both awwwesome and daunting. Awesome because it feels amazing to be so close and daunting because I know what's ahead. (beta's, revisions, querying...)

It'll feel good to be fully functional soon since half of my brain is in another world :P

Annnywayzzzz...

Time to play catch up and do a few "thank you's" and shout outs!

First off, thank you Rach Harrieand everybody for voting for my flash fiction entry for The First Campaign Challenge. I took 6th place out of 210 entries and am honored. Thank you!

Second, thank you Cassiefor the Dream Launcher award. If anyone knows how to launch dreams, it's you ;)

Next, big shout out toRachel Morgan who just released her debut (?) novel, Guardian. She's an awesome blogger/writer/friend so go check out her site and book!

Thanks to Honey for the awesome tag in her 11 questions game and Kevin Hiatt for hosting an awesome 100 followers give-a-way that I was one of the lucky winners!

The Rules:1. Go to page 77 of your current MS/WIP2. Go to line 73. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they're written. No cheating4. Tag 7 authors5. Let them know

Here's mine:

"He knows things about people. It’s weird. You’d think that he’d be a target of ridicule because of his disability, right? Wrong. He’s put anyone who’s ever come across him in their place at one time or another.”

“How?” I asked.

“Don’t know. He says something to them, I guess. I’ve seen it happen a couple times. He’ll get right up in someone’s face like he’s gonna hit em, ya know? And then he just tilts his head to the side and whispers something in their ear. They back off immediately and their faces go all white like he’s just told them he knows the date of their death or something."

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Did I forget anything? Hope not! (I'm not going to tag anyone else due to my want to continue my absolute focus on the WIP) Hope the writing is going well with all you fantastic people and I might not be back 'til the WIP is done. Then I'll be calling my betas... look out, guys... ;)

Thanks for the shout out! I'll be honest here- I think you have a REAL talent with writing. I want your book. The tiny glimpse I've had of what you're capable of with the campaign and your excerpt makes me want more!

I've said I'm 2 chapters and 1 day away from finishing, about 3 times, 5 days and 6 chapters ago! haha My story keeps growing. I'm not intentionally adding, it's just taking more words than I anticipated to get to the end. Good luck with your 10k! Hopefully it remains just 10k :)

Whaaaat? I think my comment just got eaten!Anyway, I think I said this:

Thank you so much for the shout out!! And I really like your seven sentences. A little chilling ("he knows the date of their death or something") and leaves me with questions about this guy. Good luck with your last 10,000 words!